Narrow Topic - Supervision of Instruction
Annotation: Reviews the history of the merger in 1943 into ASCD of the NEA Department of Supervisors and Directors of Instruction and of the Society for Curriculum Study.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum as a Field of Practice and Study
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Historical Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum History, American/International Curriculum Organizations, Professionalization in Curriculum, Supervision of Instruction
Donmoyer, Robert, "The Principal as Prime Mover," Daedalus (Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences), 112 (Summer, 1983), 81-94., Robert Donmoyer
Annotation: Reports a study of an administrator using aesthetic inquiry processes and language.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance
Source Discipline: Education
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Aesthetic Inquiry and Curriculum Criticism
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Supervision of Instruction
Annotation: Outlines management, design, and delivery of curriculum quality of nine types.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Theoretical/Conceptual Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Supervision of Instruction
Annotation: Reports a four-year project among 25 teacher research groups in British Columbia to engage in action inquiry with the aid of supportive supervisors who engage in pedogogical tasks with these teachers.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Teacher Research, Supervision of Instruction, Comparative Curriculum
Ham, Maryellen C., "Enhancing Supervisory Effectiveness through Collaborative Action Research," Peabody Journal of Education, 64(Spring, 1987), 44-56., Maryellen C. Ham
Annotation: Explains collaborative research methods used in three studies of supervisory effectiveness, with implications.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Inquiry Guidelines
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Action Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Generation, Supervision of Instruction
Mackenzie, Gordon N., and Clifford Bebell, "Curriculum Development," Review of Educational Research, 21(June, 1951), 227-237., Gordon N. Mackenzie and Clifford Bebell
Annotation: Discusses the relation of supervision to curriculum development; discusses trends and needed research.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Development Strategies, Supervision of Instruction
Newfield, John W., "What Are the Information Demands of Curriculum Supervisors?" Educational Leadership, 34(March, 1977), 453-457., John W. Newfield
Annotation: Reports a study of the needs for information by curriculum supervisors.
Broad Topical Focus: Critique and Utilization of Curriculum Research and Inquiry
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Scientific/Empirical Inquiry
Type of Study: Survey
Narrow Topic: Knowledge Utilization, Professionalization in Curriculum, Supervision of Instruction
Annotation: Delineates the tasks of supervisors in curriculum development based on the Oliva model of curriculum development.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Development, Organization, Design, Curriculum Decision-making Processes
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Research Synthesis
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Specialists in Schools, Supervision of Instruction
Pajak, Edward, and Lewis McAfee, "The Principal as School Leader, Curriculum Leader," NASSP Bulletin, 76(November, 1992), 21-30.*, Edward Pajak and Lewis McAfee
Annotation: Reviews the role of principals as curriculum leaders in curriculum development and change.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Administration, Leadership, Finance
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Integrative Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Specialists in Schools, Supervision of Instruction
Schoonmaker, Frances, Living Faithfully: The Transformation of Washington School. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, 2012., Frances Schoonmaker
Annotation: Reports the stances and deliberative processes taken by the principals, teachers, and others in transforming a failed Oklahoma school into a successful one, a conflicted school into a school with a wholesome atmosphere; extensive quotes are included from participants; interpreted with spiritual and sacred dimensions taken from philosopher Philip H. Phenix.
Broad Topical Focus: Curriculum Enactment and Teaching, Curriculum Visions and Philosophies
Source Discipline: Curriculum
Mode of Inquiry in the Study: Ethnographic Inquiry
Type of Study: Single Study
Narrow Topic: Curriculum Aims and Objectives, Elementary School Curriculum, Ethical Issues in Curriculum, Teaching/Learning Process, Value Assumptions and Ideologies in Curriculum, Supervision of Instruction, In-service Teacher Development